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Prevalence of mcr-1 in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from bloodstream infections in China: a multicentre longitudinal study.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2017
Quan Jingjing, Li Xi, Chen Yan, Jiang Yan, Zhou Zhihui, Zhang Huichuan, Sun Lu, Ruan Zhi, Feng Ye, Akova Murat, Yu Yunsong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polymyxin antibiotics are used as last-resort therapies to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. The plasmid-mediated colistin resistance determinant MCR-1 has been identified in Enterobacteriaceae in China. We did this study to investigate the prevalence of the mcr-1 gene in clinical isolates from patients with bloodstream infections in China. METHODS: Clinical...
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